Anchorage device for vehicles



W. W. BLAKELY ANCHORAGE DEVICE FOR vEHILEs Feb. 16 1926.

Filed May' 12. 1924 ao: 11u35 Patented Feb. 1G, 1926,

UNITE!) WILLIAM W. BLAKELY,

OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ANCHORAGE DEVICE FOR VEHICLES.

Application filed May 12, 1924.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM W. BLAKE- LY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of 5 Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anchorage Devices for Vehicles, of which the following is a specication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. Y This invention relates to anchorage de-V Vvices for vehicles such as are employed to hold a vehicle stationary during shipment within a freight car or other carrier.

The invention consists in the structural features and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth.

. `In the drawings Figure l is a view in side elevation of the hub portion of a vehicle wheel showing the improved anchorage device engaged there- Y with, vthe cap of the hub being sectionally Y shown;

' Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevation partly in section of an alternative arrangement.

In these views the reference character A designates the hub of a vehicle wheel, said hub being externally threaded as is common practice for engagement by the screw cap B. The invention comprises a stamped sheet meta-l ring (l adapted to fit upon the hub A and having its opening threaded to engage the threads of the hub, the cap B being utilized as a retainer for said ring. A series of slits are extended radially inward from the outer edge of said ring forming tongues D which are alternately bent in opposite directions so as to form, in efect, a channel for engagement by the arched upper portion of a tie member E. Said tie member may be formed of wire or other suitable material and its extremities are bent to form feet F upon which are superposed securing plates G fastened to a floor or other stationary surface by nails or the like as indicated at- I-I.

In the alternative construction shown in Figure 3, I designates that portion D ,a hub Serial No. 712,725.

which is screw threaded for engagement by a dust cap such as Figure l discloses. J is the wheel spindle projecting through said hub.

During shipment of the vehicle having the hub I, the dust cap of said hub is replaced by a. ring K having a channel formed in cross section, said ring having interior screw threads to engage the threads of the hub and having a plurality of integral tongues L which are deflected from the outer portion of said ring toward the axis thereof, said lugs serving to retain a temporary dust cap M which may be formed of paper or any other suitable inexpensive material. A margin of said cap is outwardly flanged, as indicated at N, for engagement with said lugs. The use of this temporary cap during shipment of the vehicle protects the bearings of the wheel from dust and dirt. Said cap is cupped sufiiciently to have clearance from the spindle J.

The described devices comprise quite simple and inexpensive parts and are very quickly attachable to and detachable from a vehicle.

'What I claim as my invention is 1. In a vehicle anchorage device, a replacement member foi` the dust cap of a wheel hub, a tie member engageable with said replacement. member and a temporary dust cap detachably cngageablc with said replacement member.

2. An anchorage device for vehicles comprising a member attachable to a vehicle S5 hub, a tie member engageable with the iirst mentioned member and a dust cap detachably engaging the iirst mentioned member.

3. The combination with a vehicle hub, of a channel-shaped ring detachably secured to said hub, a dust cap, and means project* ing from one liange of the channel for holding said dust cap.

4. The combination with a vehicle hub, of a ring detachably secured to said hub, a dust cap having a flange, and projections on the ringengaging the flange of the dust cap for holding the latter.

5. The combination with a vehicle hub, of a ring detaehably secured to said hub, a tie 10U member engaging said ring, projections on the combination with ay ring attachable to said ring, and a dust cap czuiied by seid a Vehicle 1mb, of a tie member engageable l0 projections. with seid ring, and 2L dust cap carried by 6. In an anchorage device 'for vehicles, the said ring. combination with a ring attachable to a Ve In testimony whereof affix my signahicie hub, of a dust cap detachabiy engaging ture. said rino'.

7. In an anchorage device for vehicles, WILLAM W. BLAKELY. 

